Bible Strands
Isaiah 43:26
Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel immediately after declaring He blots out their transgressions for His own sake. He challenges the people to present their accusations or defenses regarding their ancestral rebellion.
The words — The phrase נִשְּׁפֹ֖טָה יַ֑חַד (nishpotah yachad) literally means "let us enter into judgment together," framing the exchange as a formal legal proceeding.
The thread — The text's legal invitation directly parallels Isaiah 1:18's call to reason together and aligns with the Romans 8:33 declaration that God Himself justifies His elect.
Why it lands — The passage states that vindication requires the accused to substantiate their case against God's forgiveness. It asks the reader to abandon defensive argumentation and accept God's unilateral justification.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Isaiah 43:9 All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
- Romans 8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
- Psalms 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
- Jeremiah 2:21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
- Job 40:7 “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
- Isaiah 41:1 “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
- Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Genesis 32:12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
- Job 16:21 Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!